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- ↑ "Jo Alexander Koppang". Sochi2014.com. Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi. Archived from the original on 11 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
